Friday, September 26, 2008

Keagan's 1st Birthday Bash

Here's a load of pictures from Kbaby's birthday party (last Sunday). They aren't in any specific order.

Here's the baseball cake I made for my sweetie!

Dad and I attempt to put together the stationary play thingamabob while Keagan and AJ wait.

Here's Kbaby wearing an outfit he got for his birthday (SO CUTE!) while flipping through a magazine. He loves books.. and he really flips through them, unlike my other children who, at this age, gnawed on them instead.

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You are loved!

Do you know Jesus loves you? Do you know the gospel? Do you really know what grace is or are you caught up in pleasing God and working for salvation? Did you know that is not the gospel?

Paul tells us in Romans that we are made righteous in Christ. Our righteousness is His gift. His death on the cross didn't just give us a clean slate so we could go forth trying to live "good lives"! No! His death on the cross gave us His own very record of righteousness! In Christ you are clean, holy, and pure. You are righteous.

Jesus tells us that the work we are called to do is this: To believe in the one He sent. Believe. That is the message of the gospel. Believe in Christ. Believe His righteousness covers you. He desires a relationship with you- not one built on you trying to meet His expectations. No, you are His daughter or son, and He has met all of His own expectations in Christ. So crawl up in His lap and believe that He is who He says He is and you are who He says you are, friend.

It is belief in Christ that changes our lives and enables us to be who we were made to be in Christ. It is our lack of belief that makes us feel distant from the Lord and has us spinning our wheels in deep ruts. Belief is hard work, even if it doesn't sound like it. This is why the Lord calls us to renew our minds and to focus on those things which are good, true, lovely and pure. Believe Christ and all that He says. It's transforming!